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US 2013/0276465 A1Published application
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsJaehoon Shin, Yanggyu Kim, Yongjoo Park
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Abstract
A refrigerator is provided. In the refrigerator, cool air within the heat exchange chamber is supplied into a drawer assembly disposed inside a storage space, and also the inside of the drawer assembly is cooled using a thermoelectric module to quickly cooling the inside of the drawer assembly. Thus, food storage performance may be improved.
Claims14
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage space;
- a door opening or closing the storage space;
- a heat exchange chamber defined in one side of the cabinet, the heat exchange chamber defining a space in which an evaporator for generating cool air is received;
- a drawer assembly defining a sealed space within the storage space, the drawer assembly communicating with the heat exchange chamber to receive the cool air;
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- a thermoelectric module disposed in the drawer assembly, the thermoelectric module quickly cooling the inside of the drawer assembly, wherein the thermoelectric module has one side communicating with the heat exchange chamber, and heat generated by radiation of the thermoelectric module is discharged into the heat exchange chamber.
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